title: Green and facile synthesis of water-soluble Cu-In-S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots.
abstract: Water-soluble Cu-In-S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots with a photoluminescence quantum yield up to 38% and an emission peak tunable from 543 to 625 nm have been successfully synthesized. All of the synthetic procedures were conducted in an aqueous solution at 95 °C under open-air conditions. L-Glutathione and sodium citrate were used as the dual stabilizing agents to balance the reactivity between copper and indium ions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yanyan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shenjie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lijian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Daocheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology; D007204:Indium / Q000737:chemistry*; D049449:Luminescence; D045663:Quantum Dots / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013440:Sulfides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; D007204:Indium; D014867:Water; D003300:Copper; C031238:zinc sulfide